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not be joining them, but they will be entering the land of Israel. And he wants to make sure that they've learned the lessons of the desert. They've learned the lessons of all that they've been through. He wants to make sure that they're going to go into Israel the very best versions of themselves or at least the very best versions possible. So, he begins Re'eh anochi nosein lifneichem hayom bracha u'klala. See, behold today I placed before you a blessing and a curse. Es habracha, what is the bracha? Asher tishme'u el mitzvos Hashem Elokeichem. You will lead a blessed life. You will lead a beautiful life, a life. You will lead a beautiful life, a good life if what? Es habracha, if you if you listen to the mitzvos of Hashem. Ba'klala, and the curse is im lo sishme'u el mitzvos Hashem Elokeichem. If you don't listen to the mitzvos of Hashem usartem min haderech, if you stray, if you abandon the path, if you are distracted, if you give in to temptation, asher anochi metzaveh eschem laleches acharei elohim acheirim asher lo yedatem, you're going to pursue and you're going to follow celebrities, athletes, influencers, the mighty dollar, money, politics, politicians, natural order, the natural world. You're this. You can listen to past parsha shiurim and you will see that we've spoken about this and we've spoken about it often. But, I want to share some new insights and new perspectives on the question of what it means. So, we begin the Kotsker Rebbe. I mentioned last week I think a new wonderful safer that came out, Emes v'Emunah, a beautiful collection of the teachings of the Kotsker Rebbe. Reb Menachem Mendel of Kotsk. Re'eh Anochi Nosein Lifneichem, he writes, K'she Yoshev Rebbi Akiva Eiger Merazmin b'Shabbos Kodesh Parshas Re'eh b'Shulchan o'Shel Rabbeinu, when this great tzaddik once sat at the table of
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